You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.
I didn't do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art - anything I could get my hands on, whether it was glassblowing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I always wanted to be a painter. Or a farmer.
You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.
Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.
As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never make up my mind. I figured as an actor I'd get to play all these professions.
My career is media. One can turn on the TV or look at a magazine and see me.
I started my career as a journalist, writing about science and technology for 'Business Week' magazine. Then I decided to make a career shift. I went to graduate school in computer science, and I began developing educational technologies - in particular, technologies to engage children in creative learning experiences.
When I was young, I was an academically oriented guy like most academically oriented guys. I graduated in science, did an MBA. My dreams as a young boy were I wanted to be an industrialist, or I wanted to be a scientist.
I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.
I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.